Chapter 8: Sosuke's Creation

"Misuto - Mist"

After Ichigo had given Sosuke that ball of compressed energy, he has been working on it tirelessly whenever he had free time. And with having to juggle around his lieutenant duties to his squad, training, and making sure that his captain wasn't too suspicious of him and Gin, he did not have much free time. So after a few days and barely getting anything done, Sosuke could finally work on this energy without being interrupted.

As Sosuke was in his secret lab that only he, Gin and Ichigo knew of, he prepared to put his brain to work. Ichigo was counting on him, and that was more than enough to motivate him to work harder than ever before. He placed mist into a container and placed it in the center of some type of device connected to the wall. The device had a mantle with tubes sticking all around it and connecting all along the walls and floor. Sosuke stood back from it and went over to a console not too far from it.

"Okay." He said in a bit of frustration. This mist of energy had proven very stubborn for the past few hours and Sosuke was getting irritated. "Let's see if this works."

He pressed several buttons on the console and the mantle started to glow a silver color. After a few seconds it changed different colors; red, purple, silver, black, red and purple, until it finally stopped on purple with a black outline to it. Sosuke looked surprised for a moment.

"It worked?" He said to himself.

The light started to fade and a figure was of light was visible from inside the container. The figure was small, small enough that a child could fit into it, and was starting to lose the light that had covered it like a veil. When the veil of light was finally gone, Sosuke could see that the figure was in fact a child. Amazed by what he had done, he quickly sent a hell butterfly off to retrieve Ichigo so he could see just what he had done.

Squad Eleven Barracks

To say that it was a loud day in the squad barracks was an understatement. The entire squad had gathered around the main court yard to see both their captain and Zaraki fist fight each other for fun. The fight had gone on for more than half an hour and both men were covered in bruises and blood. They had on just their hakama's and Ichigo threw his haori away when the fight started. The crowd had been slightly split down the middle with one side cheering on their captain and the other cheering on Zaraki. Both men had manic grins on their faces and had been enjoying themselves to no end.

"Now this is what I call a fun time." Ichigo said to his lieutenant. Ever since Ichigo took control as captain, he made Zaraki his lieutenant, stating that he was strong and powerful enough to keep watch of the squad if anything were to happen to himself.

"Damn straight captain!" Zaraki yelled back. It was strange for Ichigo to get any sign of respect from Kenpachi, but since he has proven that he is more than an equal in this time, Zaraki was more than willing to follow him anywhere that had strong enemies. That might be very useful later on.

The two ran at each other to continue their battle before a hell butterfly flew into view of the both of them. The two stopped and Ichigo sighed before letting out his finger for the butterfly to sit on. He put his ear to it and there was a deafening silence in the crowd. Anticipations and hoping that it wasn't the head captain calling him up was high so everyone could continue watching these two fight. When the captain sighed though, everyone grunted in annoyance. Ichigo waved the butterfly off and noticed the commotion getting louder. With a single flare up of energy to get everyone's attention Ichigo said to them.

"Alright, fights over! Get back to what you were doing before! While I'm gone, Zaraki is in charge, understood!?" He yelled out to them.

"Yes captain!" Everyone said before scattering off. Ichigo walked over to where he threw his haori.

"Old man callin you up again?" Zaraki asked him as he walked with his captain.

"Yep." Ichigo said in an annoyed tone as he placed his haori on. "I'll be back when I can, so take care of things here Zaraki."

"Gotcha." Zaraki gave a thumbs up before heading over to his adoptive daughter.

Ichigo used a healing kido on himself and flashed away from his squad barracks. To everyone else, it seemed like he was heading to squad one, but in actuality he was going over to the secret labs underneath squad five. Ichigo made his way in through a fake wall and went down a flight of stairs. After a few twist and turns he found himself in one of the main labs where Sosuke worked.

"This had better be good Sosuke." Ichigo said to him. "I was in the middle of a match before you sent an urgent message."

Sosuke smiled at the captain. "Trust me, this is well worth it. Follow me."

Ichigo did just that and they were now in the room with the mantle on the wall. Once Ichigo got a look at what was in the container, he stared at it with wide eyes. The once king of Hueco Mundo, Barragan, was nothing more than a small child now. The child had light brown skin and long purple hair with glowing black highlights around the tips. The child opened its eyes and Ichigo could see the deep purple on its face.

"Open it up Sosuke." Ichigo told him.

Sosuke did just that and opened the container from the console. When the container opened, the child fell to the ground and its hair covered it for the most part. Ichigo knelt down to it and reached his hand out. He grabbed the child gently by the chin and lifted its head. When he did that, he saw that the kid was actually a girl and had no hollow hole. At first Ichigo was surprised and turned to Sosuke with an eyebrow raised.

"Despite the energy you gave me, I found out that I couldn't recreate a body that could hold Barragan's power without tearing it apart on contact." He went over to the two with a blanket and knelt to the girl. She was clearly scared and shivering badly. Sosuke placed the blanket around her and continued. "After trying for hours with the same result, I decided to try a different approach."

Ichigo watched as Sosuke went back over to the console and started to type on it. After a few seconds he motioned Ichigo to come over to him. Ichigo obliged and went over only to realize that the girl had been holding his hand the entire time as he walked over. He didn't mind it though.

"The alternate approach I used was a combination of her power and some of the excess that you emit." Sosuke started, catching Ichigo by surprise with this. "I also added a portion of my own energy to stabilize the bond between her spirit energy and her physical form. The result," he motioned to her, "a powerful, hollow like being that won't deteriorate or destroy itself from the inside out."

"Amazing." Ichigo said wide eyed after Sosuke was finished explaining himself. He looked down to the girl and smirked at her. "Well then, I guess we'll have to come up with a name for you." he thought for a second and looked at her, intently thinking of some kind of name that would suit her.

Sosuke beat him to it though. "Misuto." Both Ichigo and the girl looked to him and saw the smile on his face. "Since I went through all the trouble of making her, it's only poetic that I get to name her."

The girl looked up to him and said her first words all this time. "What does Misuto mean?"

The two looked at each other and grinned before looking back to her.

"It means mist." Sosuke started with a warm smile. "That's what you were made of for the most part."

The girl smiled at hearing what her name meant and started to jump up and down in excitement. Ichigo couldn't help but smile at how happy she looked. It reminded him of his sisters back in his time.

After he let her wear herself out a bit, Ichigo stopped her by placing his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him with a big toothed smile and panting slightly.

"Misuto," Ichigo started with a small smile of his own. "Sosuke over here is gonna teach you basic things okay. Learn from him and I'll take you someplace where you can really have some fun testing yourself and your limits. Okay?"

"Okay." Misuto said to him with a nod.

Ichigo let her go and looked to Sosuke. "Teach her the basics Sosuke. When she knows more about herself, contact me with this." Ichigo pulled out a special hell butterfly. Instead of the usual color, this one was completely red. "I'm heading off."

"Back to Hueco Mundo?" Sosuke asked him.

"Yep." Ichigo said as he opened a garganta. "Need to keep my word after all." And with that, Ichigo leapt through to see just how things were now.

Just Wanted To Make Sure Some Things Were Cleared Up Now. Barragan Is Dead, And Misuto Is In His Place. I Think This Works More Than Trying To Write Barragan In The Story Since I Really Don't Know Much About His Character Other Than He Died. LOL.

Misuto And Aka Will Be In This Story From Now On. Misuto Will Have A Zanpakuto And Before Anyone Points This Out, I Know She Looks Like Yoruichi. Tried My Best To Differentiate The Two Since Barragan Did Have The Cloak In His Resurrecion And He Did Have Dark Skin In His Arrancar. I Think It Matches Her.

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